Council of Europe Partial Agreements

Partial Agreements

The Council of Europe’s Partial Agreements are not based on an international treaty, but constitute a special form of cooperation between some of the member states of the Council of Europe, where the signatory states commit themselves to partake in a specific joint project.


Enlarged Partial Agreements

The Enlarged Partial Agreements of the Council of Europe are not only open for signature to the organisation’s member states, but also to other countries and intergovernmental organisations, provided that they are prepared to support the project in question and comply with the stipulations set out in the agreement.

The full list of the Council of Europe’s Partial Agreements can be found on the organisation’s website.

COE IN BRIEF

Purpose:  Promoting Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

Entity:  Intergovernmental Organisation

Founding year:  1949

Member states:  46

Based in:  Strassburg/France

Working languages:  EN, FR

Secretary General: Alain Berset

Decision-making body:  Committee of Ministers (=Foreign ministers of the member states)

Consultative bodies:  Parliamentary Assembly; Congress of Local and Regional Authorities; Conference of INGOs; Commissioner for Human Rights

Main legal instrument:  European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)

Legal basis:  European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) plus more than 200 Conventions, Additional Protocols and Partial Agreements

Ordinary annual budget: € 385mio
(of which Court: € 85 mio)

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